I've installed libgeis1 2.2.9.2-0ubuntu1 and can confirm that the proposed update does fix this bug (the slow startup of evince when the backend fails to initialize).
I don't run Unity, so I cannot comment on whether this version solves that particular regression. ** Tags removed: verification-needed ** Tags added: verification-done -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to evince in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/997630 Title: evince and eog broken on remote sessions (X, NX, x2go and VNC) Status in Open Input Framework Geis C API: Fix Released Status in “evince” package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in “geis” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “evince” source package in Precise: Invalid Status in “geis” source package in Precise: Fix Committed Bug description: libgrip has some troubles when accessing a Ubuntu 12.04 desktop via x2go, which uses libnx-x11. The applications (evince and eog) start up very slowly. It takes about 50 seconds to open a 900k pdf document. The following output makes me think that the problem is libgrip- related. A way to avoid the issue is running evince in preview mode (-w). $ evince (evince:15833): GRIP-WARNING **: failed to determine device types (evince:15833): GRIP-WARNING **: Failed to initialize gesture manager. (evince:15833): GRIP-WARNING **: Failed to initialize gesture manager. (evince:15833): GRIP-WARNING **: Failed to initialize gesture manager. (evince:15833): GRIP-WARNING **: Failed to initialize gesture manager. (evince:15833): GRIP-WARNING **: Failed to initialize gesture manager. (evince:15833): GRIP-WARNING **: Failed to initialize gesture manager. (evince:15833): GRIP-WARNING **: Failed to initialize gesture manager. (evince:15833): GRIP-WARNING **: Failed to initialize gesture manager. (evince:15833): GRIP-WARNING **: Failed to initialize gesture manager. $ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Release: 12.04 $ apt-cache policy libgrip0 libgrip0: Installed: 0.3.4-0ubuntu1 $ apt-cache policy evince evince: Installed: 3.4.0-0ubuntu1 $ apt-cache policy eog eog: Installed: 3.4.1-0ubuntu1 $ apt-cache policy libnx-x11 libnx-x11: Installed: 2:3.5.0.12-0~234~oneiric1 Candidate: 2:3.5.0.12-0~234~oneiric1 Version table: *** 2:3.5.0.12-0~234~oneiric1 0 500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/x2go/stable/ubuntu/ oneiric/main amd64 Packages To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/geis/+bug/997630/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
